Alright, OPERATION SANTAMAS is fully underway, the pre-christmas playlist is rolling along smoothly. Wherever you see “Eris’ Playground” on our schedule REJECT A.I. is having a jolly old time mixing and mingling in festive tracks. …

“To John Dillinger and hope he is still alive. Thanksgiving Day November 28 1986. Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be shat out through wholesome American guts. Thanks for a …

The FCC is trying to kill the Internet again. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online. If Congress gets enough calls, …

Legendary musician Chuck Berry, who was central to the development of rock ‘n’ roll beginning in the ’50s with indelible hits like “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Rock and Roll Music” and “Johnny B. Goode,” died today in St. Charles County, Mo. He was 90 years old. His death was confirmed by the St. Charles County, Mo., police department.

Charles Edward Berry grew up in Saint Louis, Mo., as the fourth of six children, developing a career that epitomized a bad-boy image, which musicians have tried to cop ever since. Berry was the real thing. He spent time in reform school for robbery at 18 (with a nonfunctional pistol, he claimed), went to prison for income tax evasion and transported a minor across state lines for quote “immoral purposes.”

Initially beginning his career as a beautician with a lifelong interest in music (he first performed in high school), Berry began to slowly ease towards the St. Louis nightlife scene in the early ’50s as a member of the Johnnie Johnson trio. As a solo musician, he emulated the smooth vocals of his idol Nat King Cole and admired the gritty blues of another idol, Muddy Waters.

Berry performing “Johnny B. Goode” in 1958.
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“And I listened to him for his entire set,” Mr. Berry recalled to NPR in 2000. “When he was over, I went up to him, I asked him for his autograph and told him that I played guitar. ‘How do you get in touch with a record company?’ He said, ‘Why don’t you go see Leonard Chess over on 47th?’ ”

So early Monday morning, Berry made his way to Chess Records and positioned himself in a store across the street. When Leonard Chess arrived, Berry ran over and made his pitch. Chess was impressed by the young man’s self-confidence and told him to come back with a tape of his own material. Berry returned the following week, bringing with him the other members of the trio, pianist Johnnie Johnson and drummer Eddie Hardy, and four new songs.

Searching for a name for his first hit on Chess Records, “Maybellene,” pianist Johnnie Johnson told NPR that “we looked up on the windowsill, and there was a mascara box up there with ‘Maybelline’ written on it. And Leonard Chess said, ‘Why don’t we name the damn thing “Maybellene”?'” The record was the first by a black artist to outsell covers of it by white musicians (and led to a three-decade battle over its credits).

Through the late ’50s and ’60s Berry defined the contours of rock ‘n’ roll and, along with peers like Little Richard and James Brown, the full-throttle energy on stage that this still-developing high-tempo, electrified style of blues required. His work influenced nearly every popular musician that came after.

“Writing a song can be a peculiar task,” he wrote in Chuck Berry: The Autobiography. “The kind of music I like then, thereafter, right now and forever, is the kind I heard when I was a teenager. So the guitar styles of Carl Hogan, T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian and Elmore James, not to leave out many of my peers who I’ve heard on the road, must be the total of what is called Chuck Berry’s style.”

As John Lennon once put it, “If you tried to give rock ‘n’ roll another name, you might have called it Chuck Berry.”

Six years ago Berry’s health began to decline, though he maintained his signature defiance even then, refusing an ambulance and leaving the theater on his own after collapsing onstage.

Berry announced a record last October at the age of 90 following a 38-year hiatus. “This record is dedicated to my beloved Toddy,” said Berry at this time of its announcement in reference to, Themetta, his wife of 68 years. “My darlin’ I’m growing old! I’ve worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!”

So we’re about to go to sleep. The newly Elected President Derp meowed at the bedroom door, requesting entrance. I opened the door and waited for him to come, but he there he stood, wide eyed and hopeful that he’d be given some unspoken proper welcome. I clicked and whistled, his usual response of entering was lost somewhere in translation. He stood. About to give up and expressing my frustration, Jinx began to hum ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF. Wouldn’t you know it his ears perked and with a tail twitch he was on the bed. Stealing my pillow.

With the elections over and President Derpy is setting into office, his new trade sanctions even brought in fresh shipments of catnip treats.The assassination attempt botched, the demon KLae’naST is in custody and, being questioned by the authorities. A joint, full inspectagation by the Secret Service and the F.B.I. is currently underway. MORE INFO FORTHCOMING! TUNE IN THIS MONTH FOR **ALL NEW** EPISODES OF 12 DAYS OF DISMEMBER: KLae’naST The Disenfranchised.

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TONIGHT!!! 12/18/16 @ 5pm Night Vision’s last show of the year!! He’ll be dropping bombs and mixing live!

You may have noticed the site is a little buggy today, oh well, it’ll sort itself out. While we figure that out maybe you can help this demon get made into a doll. It’s controls are pretty simple, “Point, click, collect, and kill!”

Spike’s show The Graveyard Shift Radio Show “Halloween Special” Aired live last Friday, with live guest in studio DJ, Jess Walton aka “The Badfaerie”
and a very special live interview with owner and doll maker at Quarter Kids Voodoo Dolls, Alicia Smith. Alicia makes custom dolls of underground artists and celebrities. They chatted about her company and experiences in the industry.

We’ve got a Brand New Meal Time On Air Today! Served up just in time for halloween!
Today we have
Jin-XS at 3:30 pm
Music-Thirty at 4:30 pm
AlcheMinistry Labs at 5:30 pm
Meal Time at 6:00 pm
The Decompression Session 7:00 pm
Docter Zan at 8 pm
Meal Time 9 pm
Fl4L is out in the community tonight jammin it at a halloween festival at 10pm!!! **All Times In Central**
Dada & fl4L will be out in the Bremerton, Wa community, TONIGHT, DJing the festivities!
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